Bio
Dr. Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales is a quantitative coral reef ecologist, oceanographer and TEK Diver with a high interest in the depth gradient of marine ecosystems.
After a B.Sc. in Marine Science – Oceanography in the Canary Islands, I moved to Australia, where I joined the amazing world of Coral Reefs. Following academic volunteering programs and after being a fieldwork team member for “Chasing Coral”, I committed myself to the world of Coral Reefs Research and Communication. Finishing a M.Sc. in Biodiversity and Environmental Management of Coral Reefs between France and French Polynesia. I completed a Ph.D. at EPHE-PSL at the CRIOBE focusing on the Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of French Polynesia, again between French Polynesia and France. During my thesis entitled: Diving deep on the reef slopes in French Polynesia: new insights into mesophotic coral ecosystems. I was under the supervision of Laetitia Hédouin and Valeriano Parravicini. This thesis was possible thanks to the DEEPHOPE expedition and project with the Under The Pole team, for which I was an offshore scientist collecting data for my thesis and for others. The thesis was mostly carried out in French Polynesia.
I am currently a PostDoc at WHOI at Cohen Lab, working on the Super Reefs Project.
My ultimate goal is to provide empirical research and tools for science-based conservation decisions for the oceans’ future with global changes.
Education
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Cape Cod, Massachussets, United States
Postdoctoral Investigator | 2022 - 2024 Work on the Super Reefs Project.
École Pratique des Hautes Études | French Polynesia and France
Ph.D. Marine Biology | 2018 - 2022 Diving deep on the reef slopes in French Polynesia: new insights into mesophotic coral ecosystems
École Pratique des Hautes Études | France
M.S.c Biodiversity and environmental management | 2016 - 2018
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain
B.S.c in Marine Science & Oceanography | 2010 - 2014
Experience
CRIOBE | PhD candidate and Master internship | 2016 - 2022
Under The Pole | Fieldwork scientist | 2018 - 2019
Mesophotic.org | Coordination and Data curation | 2016 - now
Chasing Coral Film | Production assistant, camera and fieldwork team member | 2016
University of Queensland | Volunteer Coral Reef Ecosystems Lab | 2016
Oceanografica | Marine Science Campaigns - Communication and Science | 2013 - 2014